Originally posted by boilers
Wow, sentra starts at about $18,000 ?? are you sure ?? The X-trail's exterior looks nice, but I don't like the center mounted dash like toyota echo. I don't understand why more and more automakers are putting their dash in the center. 
And I think the X-Trail also has a full-washable interiors, at least that's what I heard the asian version has. :thumbup:
I just copied that from another site which supposed just a copy of the autoweek article. But you're right, I think it's more like starting @ 14k and top @ 19k than startin @ 18k.